dillonbrantley 's review for:

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

5.0

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Mukherjee's extensive history of the gene, its discovery, its applications, and its implications is an engaging and joyful read for someone interested in scientific history. However, if you are lacking much biological knowledge, you may struggle with some of the more esoteric parts of the book. Mukherjee makes a valiant effort (certainly better than most), but surely he was limited in how many diagrams he could use. As someone with a degree in biology, I was able to follow along with no issue, but I imagine someone with less of a background might struggle in the latter half of the book.